G & S Entertainment and educational services in the nature of ongoing television and radio programs in the field of basketball and conducting live basketball games and basketball exhibitions production and distribution of radio and television shows featuring basketball games and basketball events production and distribution of radio and television shows in the field of basketball educational services, namely, conducting and arranging clinics and camps in the fields of basketball, basketball coaching, and team dance entertainment services in the nature of personal appearances by a costumed mascot or dance team at basketball games and exhibitions, clinics, camps, promotions, and other basketball-related events, special events and parties fan club services entertainment services, namely, providing a website featuring non-downloadable multimedia material in the nature of television highlights, interactive television highlights, video recordings, video stream recordings, interactive video highlight selections, radio programs, radio highlights, and audio recordings, all in the field of basketball providing news and information in the nature of statistics and trivia in the field of basketball on-line non-downloadable games, namely, computer games, video games, interactive video games, and trivia games entertainment services in the nature of fantasy basketball leagues providing an online computer database in the field of basketball. In 2012, the team added “Once a Knick, Always a Knick” to the collar of their uniforms and have made no attempts to protect it. Specifically, there are certain aspects of their brand that they have not filed any trademarks for and should. The team has trademark registrations for their most common logos, but also filed for an alternate logo based on a Subway token in 1997.ĭespite the logos, the Knicks have noticeable delay and gaps in their trademark portfolios. The team did not even file an application to trademark Knicks until 1992.
#New york knicks wordmark registration#
The team’s first trademark was Knickerbockers, filed for registration in 1968, over twenty years after the team was founded.
This logo was used from 1946 to 1964, but the team only filed the logo for a trademark in 1999. It was a cartoon of a man with a basketball wearing knickerbockers, fondly named Father Knickerbocker. The Knicks first logo was designed by NY World Telegram cartoonist Willard Mullin. The Dutch settled around New York City, and Irish allegedly pulled the name out of a hat to choose the name. The term “Knickerbockers” refers to pants rolled up just below the knee that were worn during the 1600s by Dutch Settlers. The team is one of only two teams located in its original city, founded in 1946 by Ned Irish. The New York Knicks, formally known as the New York Knickerbockers, play in the NBA Atlantic Division Eastern Conference.
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